Numskull Designs
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| Type of business | Manufacturers of Game and Movie Related Accessories | ||
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| Founded | 2012 | ||
| Country of origin | United Kingdom | ||
| Owner | Rubber Road Ltd | ||
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| Website | https://numskull.com/ | ||
Numskull Designs is a registered trademark of Rubber Road Ltd who design, manufacture and wholesale licensed merchandise and peripherals from brands, such as Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox.
History
Rubber Road Ltd was founded in September 2012 by Ben Grant and Matt Precious, who previously held Senior roles at Game (retailer)l.[1]
Based in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, they also have offices in Sydney, Australia and Shenzhen, China, Rubber Road Ltd is a mother company to multiple business ventures which include Appey Studios, Numskull and Yellow Bulldog.[2]
Products
Numskull Designs produces market licensed "Ugly Xmas Jumpers" from Sega, Capcom, The Walt Disney Company and Sony PlayStation[3]. Other notable products include the Spyro the Dragon incense burner and the Ghostbusters incense burner, which was nominated for the most innovative product awards in 2021.[4][5]
In 2020, Numskull partnered with Bungie to make a figure of 'The Stranger' from Destiny 2. The figure released with the Destiny 2 new content 'Destiny 2 beyond Light' which had its own collectors edition with The Stranger figure inside.[6]
Numskull Designs also owns two trademarked brands, Tubbz and Quarter Arcades.
Tubbz
In 2019, Numskull Designs announced a new brand called Tubbz, which uses the foundation of a rubber duck to depict different video game and movie characters. Most notably from trademark brands such as Jurassic Park (film)[7], Jaws (film)[8] and Friends[9].These come in a small bathtub style packaging.[10]
In 2020, Numskull designs expanded Tubbz to the horror genre, releasing classic horror movie character Icons such as the The Exorcist (film), It (character) and The Lost Boys.[11]
Quarter Arcades
In 2018, Numskull Designs partnered with Bandai Namco Studios to make a replica Pac-Man arcade machine but at quarter of the size. This continued to expand and soon made more 1980's arcade machine replicas such as Galaga, Bubble Bobble|Bubble Bobble and Ms. Pac-Man.[12]
In 2021, Numskull created a replica of the Polybius (urban legend) quarter arcade, which is an urban legend from the early 1980s.[13]
References
- ↑ "Rubber Road Ltd". Lusha. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "About Us – Rubber Road". Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ↑ "New Official Knitted Christmas Jumpers from Numskull | Invision Game Community". invisioncommunity.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ↑ "Innovation and creativity take the spotlight as The 2021 Licensing Awards finalists are revealed". Licensing.biz. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ↑ "Finalists 2021". The Licensing Awards. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ↑ GameCentral (2020-06-09). "Destiny 2: Beyond Light expansion announced, coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X". Metro. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ↑ "Turn Your Tub into JURASSIC PARK with These Rubber Duckies". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ↑ "You're Gonna Need a Bigger Bathtub for Jaws TUBBZ Ducks". ComicBook. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "28 Weird Fathers Day Gifts Perfect For These Crazy Times". HuffPost UK. 2021-06-05. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ↑ Roberts, Tyler (2021-03-10). "Let's Get Quacking With Numskull and Their TUBBZ Cosplaying Duck's". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ↑ Hannon, Melissa (2020-08-14). "TUBBZ Introduces Collectible Horror Movie Rubber Ducks". HorrorGeekLife. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ↑ Nast, Condé. "Inside the obsessive world of miniature arcade machine makers". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ↑ "Polybius Quarter Arcade Preorders Are Live: Own The Game That Never Existed". GameSpot. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
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